Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel

Othmar Keel Christoph Uelinger Christoph Uehlinger Thomas H. Trapp

ISBN 10: 0567085910 / ISBN 13: 9780567085917

Edité par Continuum International Publishing Group - T & T C, 2001

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454 pages. 9.21x6.22x1.89 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur x-0567085910

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Titre : Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient...

Éditeur : Continuum International Publishing Group - T & T C

Date d'édition : 2001

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Brand New

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Synopsis :

Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God How were male and female deities understood in ancient Canaan and Israel? How was the Yahweh cult affected by religious and political features of Egypt, Assyria, and Canaan? Justifying the use of symbols and visual remains to investigate ancient religion, the authors reconstruct the emergence and development of the Yahweh cult in relation to its immediate neighbors and competitors. Full description

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Othmar Keel is Professor of Old Testament and the Iconography of Ancient Palestine in the Department of Biblical Studies, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.